Following a two-year period of pre-production and planning, the game entered full development in 2010, after the release of Final Fantasy XIII. More than 200 people are said to be working on the title.

Headed by Final Fantasy VI, IX and XII director Hiroyuki Ito, the game will apparently feature sprawling, open-world cities on par with Assassin's Creed and contain more volume and content than Skyrim.

The game design and battle system has also undergone a huge transformation, enabling players to target specific limbs in the same manner as Vagrant Story.